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Hi everyone, I just wanted to pop on before the festivities begin & wish each & every one of you a Merry Christmas. For those of you newly diagnosed & awaiting treatment, those in the midst of treatment or those just through the other side just do it...
So today I was officially discharged from the hospital 5 years after my treatment finished. Thought I’d post to give hope to those of you on this journey. I didn’t think I’d feel so emotional but i has bought back the memories of how tough it was at times...
Has anyone else had two radio sessions yesterday to make up for Xmas bank holidays? It’s only my first week of treatment and I feel dreadful today. Really nauseous, tired, my tummy is all bloated and any clothing round my waist feels like it’s a few sizes...
Hello, Seven weeks post treatment now. I was prescribed laxido and sodium docusate during treatment to help with painful BM’s. I was told that the treatment could lead to the BMs being looser but this never really happened to me. I had a tendency to...
I’m four days into treatment now and wanted to share honestly how it’s been so far. The first days have been more of a shock to my system than I expected — there were delays, a lot of waiting around, and side effects that came on much earlier than I...
Good morning The results are back and no sign of cancer cells. PET scan next and hopefully those results will be positive too. The cancer could still be lurking about below the biopsy, but that thought will not get any mileage, until I have evidence...
Am three weeks on from finishing chemoradio, and have started this last week to see a turn around , though I’m still very conscious of my sore ‘you know where ‘
I know hospitals have their protocols, but just now I felt like I was on a conveyor belt instead of being seen as a actual person. A young girl rattled off radiotherapy instructions at a million miles an hour, and I had to ask her twice to slow down....
Hello everyone, Here's an update on my first treatment of six cycles of Paclitaxcel and Carboplatin, which started last Thursday Dec 11th. All went well and I was in the unit for 4.5 hours. First half hour drip was steroid/antihistamine and anti-sickness...
Hi all, I just wanted to find out if others have had the same experience. I had radiotherapy September 2024. During my treatment my periods stopped and have never returned (as warned by Dr). So no periods for a year with some very slight spotting every...
